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Guatemala Study Abroad

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Join Professors Caroline Macke & Jessica Averitt Taylor from the School of Social Work for this Central American study abroad program.

This seven-week spring semester course will examine the history and culture of Guatemala, as well as its economic and political development, environment, agricultural crops (with a primary focus on coffee), use of cooperatives and social justice issues. During spring break, students will travel to Guatemala and visit several locations, including Antigua, Tecpan, Archeological Site Iximche, Lake Atitlan, San Juan and the Los Andes Nature Reserve and Coffee Plantation. This Guatemalan experience will include visits to artisan markets, a coffee cooperative, coffee plantations, a women’s textile cooperative, a Mayan archeological site, volcanoes, the rainforest, health clinics, schools, a hydroelectric plant and more.

This trip is offered during spring break of odd years; the next trip will be March 2025.

Questions? Contact Caroline Macke (mackec1@nku.edu) or Jessica Averitt Taylor (taylorj28@nku.edu)

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2023 Program Flyer

Guatemala Mountainside

Samantha Mason on a mountainside at sunrise

Hear �鶹��Ӿ� Samantha's Experince!

"With the Social Work course Culture, Coffee, and Social Justice, I spent my final spring break of undergrad flying to Guatemala and visiting several cities with some of the fantastic School of Social Work faculty and students. I got to see some of the more traditional tourist spots like The Santa Catalina Arch in Antigua, but I enjoyed some of the lesser known spots like the Los Andes Nature Reserve. At Los Andes I was able to spend a few days in a beautiful self-sustaining community nestled on the side of a volcano. Here I had the chance to see the complete process of coffee production, and work with the local school children to create a mural, be dominated in soccer, and make countless memories. I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything, this was truly a once in a lifetime experience rich with culture."

�� -Samantha Mason, BSW '23

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